Falwell’s first distortion is the inappropriate use of that portion of Scripture that prefaces his article: "To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born.

Falwell’s second distortion is the title of his article itself: "God is pro-war." To say that because God permitted wars to take place, and even commanded the nation of Israel in the Old Testament to conduct them, that he is "pro-war" is ludicrous.

Falwell’s shameless pseudo-patriotism is a violation of the third commandment in the Bible he professes to believe: "Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain" (Exodus 20:7).

JerryFalwell attended high school at Brookville High School in Lynchburg, VA, where he was a student athlete (a "multi-letterman" as described in the terms of the time), playing on both the football and the basketball teams as a starter.

Falwell's organization said the author of the article was simply repeating what others in the media were already saying about the nature of the character [24].

JerryFalwell (born 1933) is a fundamentalist religious leader who combined his religious activities, which included a nationwide television program, with promotion of a variety of right-wing political causes.

The Rev. JerryFalwell said yesterday that the American Civil Liberties Union, with abortion providers, gay rights proponents and federal courts that had banned school prayer and legalized abortion, had so weakened the United States spiritually that the nation was left exposed to Tuesday's terrorist attacks.

JerryFalwell spoke from the pulpit regarding the anti-violence forum held at his Thomas Road Baptist Church over the weekend of Sunday, Oct. 24, 1999 in Lynchburg, Va. Falwell said if his own child were gay, he would still love him unconditionally and welcome him in his home.

Falwell, chancellor of Liberty University, is co-hosting a summit of gay leaders in Lynchburg, Va. Saturday along with Rev. Mel White,a gay cleric and co-founder of an outspoken gay rights group, Soulforce.

Falwell had ``become one of the nation's primary sources of misinformation about homosexuality and homosexuals,'' and urged him to show that he was sincere in calling for an end to inflammatory language, White said.

In 1984, Falwell sued Hustler for $45 million, charging that he was libeled by an liquor-ad parody that quoted him as saying he lost his virginity to his mother in an outhouse.

Falwell quit the Moral Majority in 1987, saying he was tired of being "a lightning rod" and wanted to devote his time to his ministry and Liberty University.

Falwell had made careful preparations for a transition of his leadership to his two sons, JerryFalwell, Jr., now vice chancellor of Liberty University, and Jonathan Falwell, executive the pastor of Thomas Road Baptist Church.

LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP)  The Rev. JerryFalwell, hospitalized in serious condition, is on the mend from his latest health crisis, able to sit in an armchair, take a call from the White House and visit with his grandchildren, officials said Thursday.

Falwell stopped breathing late Monday and had to be resuscitated when he arrived at the hospital, but he had recovered enough Thursday to sit in armchair and visit with his family, including grandchildren, the hospital said in a statement.

Falwell founded the Moral Majority in 1979 and became the face of the religious right as his political lobbying organization grew to 6.5 million members and raised millions for conservative politicians.

JerryFalwell, blaming civil libertarians, feminists, homosexuals, and abortion rights supporters for the terrorist attacks of Tuesday, September 11, 2001, to which Rev. Pat Robertson agreed, quoted from John F. Harris, "God Gave U.S. 'What We Deserve,' Falwell Says," The Washington Post (September 14, 2001) And, I know that I'll hear from them for this.

JerryFalwell The Jews are returning to their land of unbelief.

JerryFalwell "As a Christian I feel that role modelling the gay lifestyle is damaging to the moral lives of children." Rev.

LYNCHBURG, Virginia (CNN) -- The Rev. JerryFalwell said late Thursday he did not mean to blame feminists, gays or lesbians for bringing on the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington this week, in remarks on a television program earlier in the day.

Falwell, pastor of the 22,000-member Thomas Road Baptist Church, viewed the attacks as God's judgment on America for "throwing God out of the public square, out of the schools.

Falwell said he believes the ACLU and other organizations "which have attempted to secularize America, have removed our nation from its relationship with Christ on which it was founded."

WASHINGTON – The Rev. JerryFalwell said yesterday that evangelicalChristians, after nearly 25 years of increasing political activism, now control the Republican Party and the fate of President Bush in the November election.

Falwell said evangelicalChristians are now "by far the largest constituency" within the Republican Party, their route to dominance beginning in 1979 with his founding of the Moral Majority, a precursor to the Christian Coalition.

Falwell was among roughly a dozen speakers at the Christian Coalition workshop, which was held in a Senate auditorium, a courtesy arranged by Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., the majority whip, the No. 2 Republican position in the Senate.

Falwell, the high profile televangelist, founder of the Moral Majority and of the Liberty University, recently discussed potential Supreme Court nominees with President Bush before a pick was named.

Falwell, who in the immediate aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001, blamed the terrorist attacks on “the pagans, the abortionists, and the feminists and the gays and lesbians,” and who describes himself as “very conservative,” told Carlson that if he were a lawyer, he too would argue for civil rights for gays.

Falwell was not available this week to discuss his views on gay issues.

JerryFalwell is the TV evangelist who set up an organization called âThe Moral Majority.â One purpose of this organization was to induce Congress to enact laws that would impose the âmoralâ standards of JerryFalwell on the entire U.S. population.

JerryFalwell is famous for making ignorant and offensive pronouncements that are often followed by retractions and half-hearted apologies.

JerryFalwell is using bogus scare tactics to imply that the American marketplace will be flooded with âbizarre and unethical medicationsâ.

But I do believe now is the moment to initiate excommunication proceedings against JerryFalwell, not to drive him out of the Baptist church (any church that will have him for a leader deserves him), but to expel him from public discourse.

Fine, Falwell is free to be foolish, and CNN is free to exploit his foolishness to achieve that much-sought-after image of fair-and-balanced.

Falwell could have tried to counter Sider by citing the uncertainties of climate science or referring to those few scientists who (unconvincingly) challenge the overwhelming scientific consensus.

LYNCHBURG, Virginia (CNN) -- The Rev. JerryFalwell said late Thursday he did not mean to blame feminists, gays or lesbians for bringing on the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington this week, in remarks on a television program earlier in the day.

Falwell, pastor of the 22,000-member Thomas Road Baptist Church, viewed the attacks as God's judgment on America for "throwing God out of the public square, out of the schools.

Falwell said he believes the ACLU and other organizations "which have attempted to secularize America, have removed our nation from its relationship with Christ on which it was founded."

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National Council of Churches Board Repudiates Jerry Falwell's "60 Minutes" Comments on Islam, Asks President Bush To ...(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)

Noting that "Falwell implied in his comments that he and his constituency control President Bush's policies toward Israel and Palestine," the leaders of U.S. Protestant, Orthodox and Anglican denominations called on President Bush to repudiate and condemn Falwell's remarks.

Falwell's "hateful and destructive" statements - among others, that "Muhammed was a terrorist" - "are NOT those of the majority of Christians in this country nor in the rest of the world," said the governing body of the NCC, whose 36 member denominations comprise 50 million adherents.

The board further characterized Falwell's words as "not Christian and shockingly uninformed." Falwell's comments "create ideal conditions for breeding terrorism among those who may not understand that he does not represent the majority of Christians or Americans," the Executive Board said.

&nbsp Television evangelists JerryFalwell and Pat Robertson said that liberal civil liberties groups, feminists, pagans, homosexuals, and abortion rights supporters bear partial responsibility for the terrorist attacks on the USA because their actions have turned God's anger against America.

press release in which they maintained that the whole thing was JerryFalwell's fault, claimed that they didn't understand what he was saying, and blamed People for the American Way for "taking statements out of context and spinning them to the press for their own political ends." (If Mr.

Falwell attempted to quell the furor he caused by issuing a series of increasingly insincere "I didn't do anything wrong, but I'm really sorry people are mad at me" apologies.

At a news conference, Khoury said Falwell does not have pneumonia, as he did when he was hospitalized Feb. 20 to March 4, and had not suffered a heart attack.

Falwell's illness has been especially sobering news in his home town, where he is known simply as "Jerry." The JerryFalwell Ministries empire includes two landmarkLynchburg institutions that are among the town's largest employers: a 20,000-member church and Liberty University, which has 8,000 undergraduates.

Falwell, who is still senior pastor at Thomas Road Baptist, has turned over the daily administration of the church to his son, Jonathan, and 15 other pastors.

Some say that in an Interview on Pat Robertson's 700 Club telecast, Robertson and the Rev. JerryFalwell seemed to be resting the blame for the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks on 9/11/01 on their political and moral enemies rather than the terrorists themselves.

On 9/14/01, Falwell issued an apology for his comments and said he believes that the terrorists alone were responsible for the attacks.

Falwell can't seem to figure out that it was terrorists who are responsible for the World Trade Center attack, not gays and abortionists.

Falwell has often stated his desire to provide for evangelical Christian young people what Brigham Young and Notre Dame have provided for Mormon and Catholic young people - a world-class university.

In 1979, Falwell founded the Moral Majority in response to a desire to mobilize the Christian church and encourage participation in the political process.

Falwell led the Moral Majority for 10 years, traveling more than three million miles across the nation to speak in churches, conduct rallies in civic centers and on state capitol steps, direct voter registration efforts and mobilize concerned citizens who would join forces to prevent the continued downward moral spiral in society.